Book Title: Strategic Management and Case Analysis: An Integrated Approach

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Anderson, Lori, Buengel, Dirk, & Simpson, Joseph J.

Strategic Management and Case Analysis: An Integrated Approach / Lori Anderson, Dirk Buengel, and Joseph J. Simpson

Pages cm

ISBN 978-1-962841-39-9 (PDF)

ISBN 978-1-962841-38-2 (EPUB)

ISBN 978-1-962841-40-5 (Pressbooks; https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/strategicmanagementandcaseanalysis)

ISBN 978-1-962841-37-5 (Print)

URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10919/136127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/strategicmanagementandcaseanalysis

Strategic planning–Textbooks.

Business planning–Textbooks.

HD30.28   .A528   2025

Cover art: Claire Lympus

Cover design: Kindred Grey